BRS MLC Kavitha appears before ED in response to summons for a second time
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla on Monday (March 20, 2023) appeared before the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
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NewsTAP Bureau- Updated On:20 March 2023 10:46 AM GMT
HYDERABAD: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla on Monday (March 20, 2023) appeared before the Directorate of Enforcement (ED).
Kavitha left for Delhi on Sunday night in a chartered plane from Hyderabad. She was accompanied by her brother and Minister K T Rama Rao, husband Anil Kumar, MP J Santosh Kumar, lawyers Soma Bharat Kumar and others.
She’s likely to be questioned in a confrontation mode with former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai.
The BRS MLC was questioned for close to nine hours on March 11 in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy case. She was summoned to appear before the investigating agency on March 16. She, however, cited her petition pending before the Supreme Court which had posted the case to March 24. The MLC had sent a detailed note to the ED through BRS general secretary Soma Bharat Kumar. The ED issued fresh summons to her asking her to appear on March 20.
The fresh summons follows Kavitha's refusal to appear for an ED summons on Thursday, citing a pending Supreme Court challenge to the summons. Kavitha's six-page representation of the ED, according to reports, was denied.
It maybe recalled that the MLC refused to attend the questioning by the Directorate of Enforcement in connection with Delhi Liquor Scam, citing that he petition was pending before the Supreme Court. Kavitha was supposed to appear before the ED officials on Thursday (March 16). As she skipped the schedule and instead submitted a petition to the ED officials through her representative and BRS leader Soma Bharat Kumar, the ED issued fresh notice asking her to appear on March 20.
In fact, Kavitha had approached the Supreme Court questioning the very authority of the ED in summoning a woman for questioning stating that it was complete violation of the law. The Supreme Court, which posted the matter to March 24 had refused to hear the petition urgently and also declined to give any interim directions.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Saturday filed a caveat in the Supreme Court urging the court not to pass any order on the plea of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla without hearing the agency.
